Manhattan Chapter of the North American Rock Garden Society

Manhattan Chapter of the North American Rock Garden Society MCNARGS, founded in 1987, is a group of gardening enthusiasts who are interested in an eclectic rang

More from Acreage Tour 2: Rob Staniland’s four acre Poplar woodland and prairie property. Gentians, Castillejas, Primula...
07/19/2026

More from Acreage Tour 2: Rob Staniland’s four acre Poplar woodland and prairie property. Gentians, Castillejas, Primulas and more! We got to meet Willow, “The Alberta Special “. I really admire Rob’s genius system of marking newly planted plants with golf tees and chopsticks and shade cloth for extra sun and wind protection.

Acreage tour 2: Rob Staniland’s four acre Poplar woodland and prairie property was MAGNIFICENT! Here are a sample of som...
07/05/2026

Acreage tour 2: Rob Staniland’s four acre Poplar woodland and prairie property was MAGNIFICENT! Here are a sample of some of the orchids that grace his garden.

Here are some shots of Saxifraga bronchialis near Lake Louise, Banff
07/04/2026

Here are some shots of Saxifraga bronchialis near Lake Louise, Banff

Moments before the light began to fade for the evening, we happened upon this exquisite drift of Indian paintbrush on th...
07/03/2026

Moments before the light began to fade for the evening, we happened upon this exquisite drift of Indian paintbrush on the side of the road on our way back to the hotel from Banff. Look at all the variation in this population, the color shifts from pink to soft red to crimson.

One of the stars of Yaro Horachek’s garden, Allium insubricum! It took a hot minute, but Lisa Roper and I keyed out. I a...
07/02/2026

One of the stars of Yaro Horachek’s garden, Allium insubricum! It took a hot minute, but Lisa Roper and I keyed out. I am definitely putting this on the short list. 🩷🩷🩷

We kick off this year’s NARGS Annual General Meeting (AGM) posts with the Acreage Tour (Yaro Horachek)There are two sect...
07/02/2026

We kick off this year’s NARGS Annual General Meeting (AGM) posts with the Acreage Tour (Yaro Horachek)
There are two sections of this large garden a crevice garden bullt of sandstone 4 to 9 years ago, and a creviced tufa terrace, Home to saxifrages built in 2019. A small pond is part of the sandstone crevice garten
The sandstone garden is subdivided into five beds accessed by narrow paths of”urbanite”, slabs of broken sidewalk. The rock garden is popu lated with several smallish and dwarf evergreens: Junipers, spruces, and Hige pines. Many species of alpines bloom there starting with Hepati. cas, early Primulas and Scillas in April. In summer, Androsaces, Drabas, Callianthemums, Columbines, Edralathus, Gentians, Hostas and many others. In fall, Colchicum and Silene schafte close the blooming season of the rock garden.

A trip to Yaro Horacheck’s incredible crevice garden.
06/27/2026

A trip to Yaro Horacheck’s incredible crevice garden.

From Lola Horwitz Oenothera flava or flavum opens around 8:30 on June 1st and closes about 12 hours later. It’s beautifu...
06/16/2026

From Lola Horwitz

Oenothera flava or flavum opens around 8:30 on June 1st and closes about 12 hours later. It’s beautiful and fascinating because the o***y is quite distant from the stamens and pistil.

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Gypsophila elegans in an ‘Alive Structures’ trough in Lola Horwitz’s lovely garden.
05/18/2026

Gypsophila elegans in an ‘Alive Structures’ trough in Lola Horwitz’s lovely garden.

Teucrium fruticans, Silver Germander in the Alpine House. I bought it at the plant sale at the AGM in Cheyenne, WY ...
05/17/2026

Teucrium fruticans, Silver Germander in the Alpine House. I bought it at the plant sale at the AGM in Cheyenne, WY alpines alpineplants rockgarden rockgardening crevicegardens troughs troughgarden nargs nyc nycplants greenthumb plantsofinstagram plants plantsmakepeoplehappy plantbasedhappiness horticulture plantcollectors plantcollection rareplants

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